At Mon, 5 Oct 2009 22:02:11 -0500 CentOS mailing list <centos at centos.org> wrote: > > On 10/5/09, Robert Heller <heller at deepsoft.com> wrote: > > At Mon, 5 Oct 2009 15:34:38 -0700 (PDT) CentOS mailing list > > <centos at centos.org> wrote: > >> >> How fast does a a small DNS Server need to be? I will have about 10 > >> >> servers and a few workstations. I have a few older Compaq PIII > >> >> boxes with 1gb RAM each or I have faster P4 boxes. > <snip> > > little else. This little box is just being used as a dialup 'router'. > > It is jacked into a wireless 'router', but the wireless router is just > > being used as an accesspoint and Ethernet switch (this is a home setup > > -- broadband is not presently available, only dialup internet). > > Do any of the cell phone operators in your area use the GSM > technology? If so, they may offer HSDPA Internet service too. I > would like to ditch our ADSL (the only wired broadband available in > our rural subdivision at this time), to get rid of the infrastructure > problems and prefer WiMAX, which isn't available where we live (Cali > was one of the first cities to have WiMAX). Netgear makes an HSDPA to > Ethernet modem, but I don't think they sell them in the USA or down > here. If you can get HSDPA, that would probably be a huge speed > increase for your home network. The HSDPA speed at our house, at this > time, is slower than our ADSL, but if I had one of those Netgear > modems, we'd make the switch. The 3 cell phone operators in Colombia > are all using GSM now and all 3 offer HSDPA Internet access, but their > normal method is a USB device that only runs on Windows or a Mac, > which is only good for one box and not for a Linux box. The Netgear > HSDPA to Ethernet modem would eliminate that problem. Possibly the > CDMA cell phone operators in your area also offer Internet access? There is spotty cell phone coverage at best. And the EDVO/3G is even spottier. > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > -- Robert Heller -- 978-544-6933 Deepwoods Software -- Download the Model Railroad System http://www.deepsoft.com/ -- Binaries for Linux and MS-Windows heller at deepsoft.com -- http://www.deepsoft.com/ModelRailroadSystem/